11129157

Method for Determining Whether to Continue to Detect Downlink Control Channel, Terminal and Base Station

PublishedSeptember 21, 2021
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InventorsLei WANG
Technical Abstract

Patent Claims
26 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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1. A method for determining whether to continue to detect a downlink control channel, applied to a terminal, comprising: acquiring, by the terminal, first downlink control information (DCI); and determining, by the terminal, whether to continue to detect a downlink control channel based on the first DCI; wherein said determining, by the terminal, whether to continue to detect the downlink control channel based on the first DCI comprises: determining, by the terminal, a first radio network temporary identity (RNTI) used for scrambling a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) of the first DCI; and determining, by the terminal, whether to continue to detect the downlink control channel based on the first RNTI; or wherein said determining, by the terminal, whether to continue to detect the downlink control channel based on the first DCI comprises: determining, by the terminal, a DCI format of the first DCI; and determining, by the terminal, whether to continue to detect the downlink control channel based on a DCI format set to which the DCI format of the first DCI belongs.

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2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, when the terminal acquires the first DCI from a common downlink control channel or a group common downlink control channel, the determining, by the terminal, whether to continue to detect the downlink control channel based on the first DCI comprises: determining, by the terminal, first blind detection indication information corresponding to the terminal among at least one blind detection indication information carried in the first DCI, wherein the first blind detection indication information indicates the number of DCI to be received by the terminal based on a first preset DCI format within a UE-specific search space in one monitoring occasion; and after one DCI is successfully received by the terminal according to the first preset DCI format within the UE-specific search space in one monitoring occasion, determining, by the terminal, whether to continue to detect the downlink control channel according to the first preset DCI format in the same monitoring occasion based on the first blind detection indication information; or when the terminal acquires the first DCI from a UE-specific downlink control channel, the determining, by the terminal, whether to continue to detect the downlink control channel based on the first DCI comprises: determining, by the terminal, second blind detection indication information carried in the first DCI, wherein the second blind detection indication information indicates the number of DCI with the same DCI format as the first DCI to be received by the terminal in the same monitoring occasion of the downlink control channel; and determining, by the terminal, whether to continue to detect the downlink control channel according to DCI with the same DCI format as the first DCI in the same monitoring occasion based on the second blind detection indication information.

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3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein, the first blind detection indication information or the second blind detection indication information is indicated by an N-bit information domain, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and determining, by the terminal, whether to continue to detect the downlink control channel based on the first blind detection indication information or the second blind detection indication information comprises: when the first blind detection indication information or the second blind detection indication information is in a first status, determining, by the terminal, not to continue to detect the downlink control channel, wherein the first status is a status when the number of DCI with the same DCI format to be received by the terminal in one monitoring occasion is 1; when the first blind detection indication information or the second blind detection indication information is in a second status, determining, by the terminal, to continue to detect the downlink control channel, wherein the second status is a status when the number of DCI with the same DCI format to be received by the terminal in one monitoring occasion is greater than 1.

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4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein, the monitoring occasion is a continuous time-domain resource of the downlink control channel to be monitored by the terminal in one transmission time interval (TTI), and the terminal monitors the downlink control channel within at least one control resource set (CORESET) in the monitoring occasion.

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5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, the determining, by the terminal, whether to continue to detect the downlink control channel based on the first RNTI comprises: upon determining, by the terminal, that the first RNTI is an RNTI with a first number, determining, by the terminal, not to continue to detect the downlink control channel, or upon determining, by the terminal, that the first RNTI is an RNTI with a second number, determining, by the terminal, to continue to detect the downlink control channel.

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6. A method for determining whether to continue to detect a downlink control channel, applied to a terminal, comprising: determining, by the terminal, the number of downlink control information (DCI) with a second preset DCI format to be received in each monitoring occasion based on third blind detection indication information carried in higher layer signaling; and after one DCI with the second preset DCI format is successfully received, judging, by the terminal, whether to continue to detect a downlink control channel in a same monitoring occasion according to the second preset DCI format.

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7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein, the third blind detection indication information is indicated by an M-bit information domain, wherein M is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and the after one DCI with the second preset DCI format is successfully received, judging, by the terminal, whether to continue to detect the downlink control channel in the same monitoring occasion according to the first preset DCI format comprises: when the third blind detection indication information is in a third status, determining, by the terminal, not to continue to detect the downlink control channel, wherein the third status is a status when the number of DCI with the same DCI format to be received by the terminal in one monitoring occasion is 1, or when the third blind detection indication information is in a fourth status, determining, by the terminal, to continue to detect the downlink control channel, wherein the fourth status is a status when the number of DCI with the same DCI format to be received by the terminal in one monitoring occasion is greater than 1.

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8. A computer device, comprising a processor configured to, when computer programs stored in a memory is performed, realize the method of claim 6 .

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9. The computer device according to claim 8 , wherein, the third blind detection indication information is indicated by an M-bit information domain, wherein M is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and the processor is further configured to: when the third blind detection indication information is in a third status, determine not to continue to detect the downlink control channel, wherein the third status is a status when the number of DCI with the same DCI format to be received by the terminal in one monitoring occasion is 1, or when the third blind detection indication information is in a fourth status, determine to continue to detect the downlink control channel, wherein the fourth status is a status when the number of DCI with the same DCI format to be received by the terminal in one monitoring occasion is greater than 1.

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10. A method for determining whether to continue to detect a downlink control channel, applied to a base station, comprising: transmitting, by the base station, first downlink control information (DCI) to a terminal to enable the terminal to determine whether to continue to detect a downlink control channel based on the first DCI after the terminal acquires the first DCI; wherein before the base station transmits the first DCI to the terminal, further comprising: scrambling, by the base station, a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) of the first DCI based on a first radio network temporary identity (RNTI), wherein the first RNTI is an RNTI with a first number or an RNTI with a second number; and when the first RNTI is the RNTI with the first number, indicating, by the base station, the terminal not to continue to detect the downlink control channel, or when the first RNTI is the RNTI with the second number, indicating, by the base station, the terminal to continue to detect the downlink control channel; or wherein before the base station transmits the first DCI to the terminal, further comprising: transmitting, by the base station, the first DCI for the terminal by using different DCI formats which belong to different DCI format sets, wherein each of the DCI format sets corresponds to whether the terminal continues to detect the downlink control channel or the terminal does not continue to detect the downlink control channel.

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11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein, when the base station transmits the first DCI to the terminal through a common downlink control channel or a group common downlink control channel, at least one blind detection indication information is carried in the first DCI, wherein each of the at least one blind detection indication information indicates the number of DCI with a preset DCI format of a corresponding terminal to be received within a UE-specific search space in one monitoring occasion; or when the base station transmits the first DCI to the terminal through a UE-specific downlink control channel, second blind detection indication information is carried in the first DCI, wherein the second blind detection indication information indicates the number of DCI with the same DCI format as the first DCI to be received by the terminal in a same monitoring occasion of the downlink control channel.

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12. The method according to claim 11 , before the base station transmits the first DCI to the terminal, comprising: carrying, by the base station, each of the at least one blind detection indication information or the second blind detection indication information in an N-bit information domain of the first DCI; wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, each of the at least one blind detection indication information or the second blind detection indication information comprises a first status and a second status, the first status is a status indicated by the base station when the number of DCI with the same DCI format to be received by the terminal in one monitoring occasion is 1, and the second status is a status indicated by the base station when the number of DCI with the same DCI format to be received by the terminal in one monitoring occasion is greater than 1.

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13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein, the monitoring occasion is a continuous time-domain resource of the downlink control channel to be monitored by the terminal in one transmission time interval (TTI).

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14. A computer device, comprising a processor, the processor configured to, when computer programs stored in a memory is performed, realize the method of claim 10 .

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15. The computer device according to claim 14 , wherein, when the computer device transmits first DCI to the terminal through a common downlink control channel or a group common downlink control channel, at least one blind detection indication information is carried in the first DCI, wherein each of the at least one blind detection indication information indicates the number of DCI with a preset DCI format of a corresponding terminal to be received within a UE-specific search space in one monitoring occasion; or when the computer device transmits the first DCI to the terminal through a UE-specific downlink control channel, second blind detection indication information is carried in the first DCI, and the second blind detection indication information indicates the number of DCI with the same DCI format as the first DCI to be received by the terminal in a same monitoring occasion of a downlink control channel.

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16. The computer device according to claim 15 , wherein, the processor is further configured to: carry each of the at least one blind detection indication information or the second blind detection indication information in an N-bit information domain of the first DCI before first DCI is transmitted to the terminal; wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, each of the at least one blind detection indication information or the second blind detection indication information comprises a first status and a second status, the first status is a status indicated by the base station when the number of DCI with the same DCI format to be received by the terminal in one monitoring occasion is 1, and the second status is a status indicated by the base station when the number of DCI with the same DCI format to be received by the terminal in one monitoring occasion is greater than 1.

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17. The computer device according to 16 , wherein the monitoring occasion is a continuous time-domain resource of the downlink control channel to be monitored by the terminal in one transmission time interval (TTI).

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18. A method for determining whether to continue to detect a downlink control channel, applied to a base station, comprising: transmitting, by the base station, higher layer signaling to a terminal, wherein the higher layer signaling comprises third blind detection indication information, and the third blind detection indication information indicates the number of downlink control information (DCI) with a second preset DCI format to be received by the terminal in each monitoring occasion.

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19. The method according to claim 18 , before the transmitting, by the base station, the higher layer signaling to the terminal, comprising: carrying, by the base station, the third blind detection indication information in an M-bit information domain of the higher layer signaling; wherein M is an integer greater than or equal to 1, the third blind detection indication information comprises a third status and a fourth status, wherein the third status is a status when the number of DCI with the same DCI format to be received by the terminal in one monitoring occasion is 1, and the fourth status is a status when the number of DCI with the same DCI format to be received by the terminal in one monitoring occasion is greater than 1.

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20. A computer device, comprising a processor, wherein the processor is configured to execute computer programs stored in a memory to perform the method of claim 1 .

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21. The computer device according to claim 20 , wherein, when the computer device acquires the first DCI from a common downlink control channel or a group common downlink control channel, the processor is further configured to: determine first blind detection indication information corresponding to the terminal among at least one blind detection indication information carried in the first DCI, wherein the first blind detection indication information indicates the number of DCI to be received by the terminal based on a first preset DCI format within a UE-specific search space in one monitoring occasion; and determine whether to continue to detect the downlink control channel according to the first preset DCI format in the same monitoring occasion based on the first blind detection indication information after one DCI is successfully received according to the first preset DCI format within the UE-specific search space in one monitoring occasion; or when the computer device acquires the first DCI from a UE-specific downlink control channel, the processor is further configured to: determine second blind detection indication information carried in the first DCI, wherein the second blind detection indication information indicates the number of DCI with the same DCI format as the first DCI to be received by the terminal in the same monitoring occasion of the downlink control channel; and determine whether to continue to detect the downlink control channel according to DCI with the same DCI format as the first DCI in the same monitoring occasion based on the second blind detection indication information.

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22. The computer device according to claim 21 , wherein, the first blind detection indication information or the second blind detection indication information is indicated by an N-bit information domain, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and the processor is further configured to: when the first blind detection indication information or the second blind detection indication information is in a first status, determine not to continue to detect the downlink control channel, wherein the first status is a status when the number of DCI with the same DCI format to be received by the terminal in one monitoring occasion is 1; when the first blind detection indication information or the second blind detection indication information is in a second status, determine to continue to detect the downlink control channel, wherein the second status is a status when the number of DCI with the same DCI format to be received by the terminal in one monitoring occasion is greater than 1.

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23. The computer device according to claim 22 , wherein, the monitoring occasion is a continuous time-domain resource of the downlink control channel to be monitored by the computer device in one transmission time interval (TTI), wherein the computer device monitors the downlink control channel within at least one control resource set (CORESET) in the monitoring occasion.

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24. The computer device according to claim 20 , wherein, the processor is further configured to: determine not to continue to detect the downlink control channel, upon determining that the first RNTI is an RNTI with a first number, or determine to continue to detect the downlink control channel, upon determining that the first RNTI is an RNTI with a second number.

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25. A computer device, comprising a processor configured to, when computer programs stored in a memory is performed, realize the method of claim 18 .

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26. The computer device according to claim 25 , wherein, the processor is further configured to: carry the third blind detection indication information in an M-bit information domain of the higher layer signaling before the higher layer signaling is transmitted to the terminal; wherein M is an integer greater than or equal to 1, the third blind detection indication information comprises a third status and a fourth status, wherein the third status is a status when the number of DCI with the same DCI format to be received by the terminal in one monitoring occasion is 1, and the fourth status is a status when the number of DCI with the same DCI format to be received by the terminal in one monitoring occasion is greater than 1.

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September 21, 2021

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Lei WANG

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